Light Quotes by Dante Alighieri

12 Light quotes by Dante Alighieri

Dante’s take on Light carries the weight of his epic imagination, turning a simple beam into a symbol of divine order. Even in this short selection, his medieval perspective offers a striking contrast to modern sensibilities.

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I presumed to fix my look on the eternal light so long that I consumed my sight thereon.

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If you give people light, they will find their own way.

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I saw a point that shone with light so keen, the eye that sees it cannot bear its blazing; the star that…

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As fall the light autumnal leaves, one still the other following, till the bough strews all its honors on the earth below.

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“You did as one who, walking by night, Carries the light behind him, where it does him no good, But is of…

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...Everything that is, desires to be. As we act, we unfold our being. Enjoyment naturally follows, for a thing desired always brings…

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As, pricked out with less and greater lights, between the poles of the universe, the Milky Way so gleameth white as to…

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O power of fantasy that steals our minds from things outside, to leave us unaware, although a thousand trumpets may blow loud--what…

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O you proud Christians, wretched souls and small,/ Who by the dim lights of your twisted minds/ Believe you prosper even as…

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"The love of God, unutterable and perfect, flows into a pure soul the way light rushes into a transparent object. The more…

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As flowerlets drooped and puckered in the night turn up to the returning sun and spread their petals wide on his new…

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That infinite and indescribable good which is there above races as swiftly to love as a ray of light to a bright…

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“Be as a tower, that, firmly set, Shakes not its top for any blast that blows!”

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Pure essence, and pure matter, and the two joined into one were shot forth without flaw, like three bright arrows from a three-string bow.

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Into the eternal darkness, into fire and into ice.

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O power of fantasy that steals our minds from things outside, to leave us unaware, although a thousand trumpets may blow loud--what stirs you…

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The purpose of the whole (work) is to remove those who are living in this life from a state of wretchedness and lead them…

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“Noi leggeveamo un giorno per diletto Di Lancialotto, come amor lo strinse; Soli eravamo e senza alcun sospetto Per più fiate gli occhi ci…

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Love can move the Sun and the stars.

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Oh foolish desires of mortals! How weak are the reasons that lead us to not take off our flight from the ground.

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“On march the banners of the King of Hell.”

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Seldom indeed does human virtue rise From trunk to branch.

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All hope abandon, ye who enter here!

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We have no hope and yet we live in longing.

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Not one drop of blood is left inside my veins that does not throb: I recognize signs of the ancient flame.

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It is necessity and not pleasure that compels us.

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